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"Explaining that the brain works by way of a central controller suggests that you haven't figured out how the brain works, because you've just put a person inside your brain," says James.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

James argues that this explanation is more parsimonious than assuming the brain contains what he calls "a higher-level, central controller that monitors and regulates sensory and motor processes."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

In the control room, the map of Greece is divided into 10 sectors, each managed by a controller assisted by an aide.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

The FAA review found that an air-traffic controller alerted Marine One about the American Airlines jet, which was taking off for Pensacola, Fla., but didn’t notify the plane’s pilots of the helicopter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

I feigned hurling my Intellivision controller at him.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Even before the summer rush, nerves were on edge; a January 4 breakdown in the communication system linking air traffic controllers and aircraft had laid bare a glaring weakness.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

Green arrows representing tourist-laden jets pile up on the screens of the Athens air traffic controllers, a puzzle to solve at the height of tourist season.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

The information will be passed to NATS, where air traffic controllers can direct pilots to avoid those areas.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Air-traffic controllers didn’t halt commercial flights at Reagan National as required under safety protocols, The Wall Street Journal reported.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

I’d suffered the aftereffects, of course—power outages across the camp, White Noise when the camp controllers thought one of them had done it on purpose.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken